New York police are responsible for injuries inflicted on nine innocent bystanders in wake of Friday’s chaotic shooting at the Empire State Building. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly made that startling revelation during a news conference Saturday.

Police say three of the wounded were hit by flying bullets fired by cops, while the other six were hit by fragments. Three of those injured– two women and a man — remain hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital Medical Center Saturday morning in stable condition with nonlife threatening injuries. A hospital representative said the patients are unlikely to be released in the next 24 hours.

Police said Jeffrey Johnson, 58, a T-shirt designer at Hazan Import (located inside the Empire State Building), used a .45-caliber handgun to kill a former colleague, identified as Steven Ercolino, 41, Friday morning.

After the shooting, Johnson ran down Fifth Avenue; he was shot dead by two officers after he turned his gun on them, although the weapon appeared to have jammed.

The officers fired 16 shots at Johnson, hitting him at least seven times. A video released by the police Friday night showed that the entire incident with the two officers lasted less than 10 seconds.